I watered some of the established plants for the first time yesterday evening since the start of the original heatwave. Some were looking extremely sick and I don't want, and can't afford, to replace them. I gave them a really good soaking which will hopefully do them for a few more weeks. I also have two fairly new raised beds. I've extended the drip irrigation into one and soak the other thoroughly once a week. Both have a thick bark mulch, and both are doing well.
That is just plain stupid @Dovefromabove . It's like the council coming round and saying that nobody can put rainwater butts with diverter kits around their house / shed etc etc.
If anybody, on any scale, is prepared to invest the time and money collecting rainwater on their property in such a way that it doesn't interfere with anybody else - how on earth can that be anything but a good thing????
I guess the more rainwater collected on the surface the less there is going in to water courses and aquifers - but - really? - the scale of what you're talking about wouldn't even touch the sides would it?
Wouldn't have thought so, I have 4 water butts and they fill up in no time from empty, if it's raining decently, maybe 1hr or faster. Then if it rains for another 8hrs.....and that's just my roof. I can't imagine I'm taking enough to ruin anything.
When we had our extension built, and we had a new patio, I looked into putting a large water tank under it. In spite of the patio being nearly 1m above the rest of the garden, we would have needed an even larger hole dug, to accommodate a tank of any appreciable size. The cost was prohibitive so we didn't go ahead. 🙁
We saw our first field fire here today ( I’m just the south side of Paris). Most of the fires have so far been further south than us. It was scary to see the thick smoke and how quickly it was moving . The ground is solid and anything resembling a crop has either been harvested already or lost. Total water restrictions since last week so all my pots are getting is the grey water from showers.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
Someone is setting off a volley of fireworks in our tinder dry, desertified park, as if to prove there really are people who have no brain cells to rub together. We unfortunately live next to one of the firework hotspots of London. I fear our neighbourhood may become a very hot spot shortly.
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I ♥ my garden.
I can't imagine I'm taking enough to ruin anything.
I genuinely can't remember when we last had more than 30 minutes of sustained rain - last year sometime I should think...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11098339/Man-claims-stored-thousands-litres-rainwater-protect-exotic-plants-drought.html